As Amazon UK lists their Top 20 Most Sold Books of the Week, Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove claims the No. 2 spot in the fiction category.
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Anders Rydell’s The Book Thieves has been nominated for the much distinguished Hislibris Historical Literature Awards in the category Best Historical Non-fiction.
Hislibris is the largest community of history bloggers in Spain, and each year, its members vote for their favorite books. The winner of each category will then be chosen by a jury consisting of members of the Hispanic community.
Erik Axl Sund’s Paper Souls sails to No. 5 on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for paperback this week, celebrating the title’s fifth consecutive week on the list.
Operation Racing Stripes and Other Mysteries, Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ latest title in the Detective Agency No. 2 series, shoots to No. 1 on the official Norwegian bestseller list for children’s books.
Katrine Engberg’s The Harbor is No. 5 on the official Icelandic bestseller list for the month of January, 2023.
Killing Moon, Jo Nesbø’s latest Harry Hole title, is the No. 1 most sold hardcover fiction title of the month of January in Sweden.
Moa Herngren (b.1969) is the Swedish author of the gripping and highly acclaimed relationship dramas The Mother-in-Law and The Divorce. These page-turners have ignited heated debates in book clubs and living rooms across the country on which of their protagonists are most deserving of the reader’s sympathies. Herngren is also a journalist, former editor-in-chief of Elle Magazine and a highly sought-after manuscript writer. She is notably the co-creator and writer of Netflix hit-show Bonus Family. With her special affinity for the intricacies of complicated family dynamics and a high relatability factor permeating her work, she is undoubtedly the one to watch in her genre.
Erik Axl Sund’s Paper Souls climbs to No. 8 on Der Spiegel’s bestseller list for paperback this week, making it the title’s fourth consecutive week on the list.
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Angelika Abramovitch began her film career in London in 2012 with her award-winning short film The Horse. She then started to experiment with short films, music videos and art projects which brought a certain finesse and strength to her visual style as a director.
Abramovitch’s time at the media company VICE & i-D briefly got her into documentary filmmaking. Her documentary short PAPPA was shortlisted for the Swedish Academy Awards in 2019.
Abramovitch graduated from Stockholm University of the Arts in 2021 and she is soon to finish her studies at Alma Löv Script Academy. She is the recipient of the 2021 Nordic Talent Special Mention Award and a Wild Card development fund for her upcoming feature film, A Soviet Love Story. Abramovitch’s graduation film Tjejtoan 4-ever/Catcave Hysteria premiered at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2022 and was shortlisted for the Swedish Academy Awards. In 2022 she was also selected for Future Frames at KVIFF and was a part of Les Arcs Talent Village.
Currently, Abramovitch is working on a film exhibition for The Nordic Museum which will be exhibited in 2023, and her debut feature film The Braid with the production company Cinenic Film. This year she will also start developing the TV series The Snake Pit together with Hannah Arnesen and the production company Most Alice.
With a sense of rhythm and a strong visual style, Abramovitch’s films explore the boundaries between the ugly and the beautiful, pleasure and pain. With a craving for blood, and always a unique style.
Operation Racing Stripes and Other Mysteries, Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ just published latest title in the Detective Agency No. 2 series, debuts at No. 4 on the official Norwegian betseller list for children’s books.
Bulgaria, EMAS
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Greece, Memento
Closed by Emma Granberg
China, Beijing Science and Technology
Five-book deal closed by The Grayhawk Agency on behalf of Ida Schabbauer
Poland, Smak Slowa
Two-book deal closed by Julia Angelin
Lithuania, Pflaŭmbaŭm Publishing House
Closed by Emma Granberg
Germany, Hoffmann und Campe
Closed by Julia Angelin
I could recognize myself in some of the scenes, and they affected me deeply. /…/ The book is also easy to get into. I was quickly drawn into the story and was very curious to see what would happen next.
– Sundsvalls Tidning
There are a lot of things to unravel in this pitch-black homecoming novel and Bengtsdotter succeeds really well in doing so on just under 300 pages.
– Göteborgs-Posten
It’s a powerful opening. In just a few pages, Selåker paints a portrait of a deeply flawed man on the verge of breaking point, while also capturing loneliness so vividly that the silence inside the house seems to scream from the pages. /…/ I’m looking forward to returning to the Wilderness Road and its surroundings, which Selåker portrays with a sharp eye in this dark and compelling first installment.
– Göteborgs-Posten
[A] brilliant thriller. /…/ [Winter Grave] is unsettling, occasionally hilarious and constantly thrilling. /…/ I make no secret of the fact I’m a fan of Heine Bakkeid’s writing (…). Winter Grave is also dark noir on an elite level.
– Harstad Tidene
You’re the One I Write About tells a tale as old as time. But it does so with fire and not without finesse. /…/ The result is a book you can read during a free period, but will carry with you much longer. Why? Perhaps because Åstot succeeds in capturing exactly how words fall between young people in this moment.
– Expressen
Late at night, a doctor burns to death inside the closed forensic psychiatric institution Helix. The interrogations with staff and inmates are complicated due to patient confidentiality and psychotic illnesses. After another death in the same ward, Saga Bauer accepts a top-secret assignment.